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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583487103321

Titolo

The common marmoset in captivity and biomedical research / / edited by James G. Fox (editor-in-chief), Robert P. Marini, Lynn M. Wachtman, Suzette D. Tardif, Keith Mansfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Academic Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-12-811830-X

0-12-811829-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (572 pages)

Collana

American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Series

Disciplina

599.82

Soggetti

Marmosets as laboratory animals

Callithrix

Animals, Laboratory

Biomedical Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Taxonomy and Natural History -- Anatomy of the Common Marmoset -- Neuroanatomy of the Marmoset -- Marmoset Nutrition and Dietary Husbandry -- Husbandry and Housing of Common Marmosets -- Normal Clinical and Biological Parameters of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) -- Behavior and Behavioral Management -- Reproduction, Growth, and Development -- Regulatory Considerations -- Physical Examination, Diagnosis, and Common Clinical Procedures -- Anesthesia and Select Surgical Procedures -- Diseases of the Urogenital System -- Diseases of the Gastrointestinal System -- Bone, Muscle, and Skeletal Disease -- Viral Diseases of Common Marmosets -- Bacterial Diseases -- Parasitic Diseases -- Neoplastic Diseases -- Genome of the Common Marmoset -- Creating Genetically Modified Marmosets -- Marmosets in Aging Research -- Marmoset as a Model for Visual Neuroscience -- Marmosets in Neurologic Disease Research: Parkinson's Disease -- Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in the Marmoset as a Translational Model for Multiple Sclerosis -- Marmosets in Auditory Research -- Marmoset as a Model in Behavioral



Neuroscience and Psychiatric Research -- Use of the Marmoset in Toxicity Testing and Nonclinical Safety Assessment Studies -- Experimental Infections of the Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) -- Insights Gained From Marmoset Endocrine Research.